Jingwei Bu, As Extended Bench, 2025, Draw Space Sydney

As Extended Bench

As Extended Bench is a durational performance that explores the body as both a drawing machine and a site of self-sacrifice, reflecting on the physical and emotional journey of motherhood. Through the act of drawing a straight line on a bench with the body, the work addresses the artist’s personal experience of the profound, life-risking physical transformation that occurs during labor, and the years of recovery and devotion that follow.